[pygame] Difference between flip and update?

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Subject: [pygame] Difference between flip and update?
From: Bob Irving <bobirv@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 13:40:07 -0400
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What is the difference? Is there a reason to use one over the other?

Thanks!

Bob Irving

Porter-Gaud School

Charleston, SC

Twitter: @birv2

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